search for: outcode

Hi i''m using ferret to enable geographical postcode. I take a postcode and distance in miles from the user, strip off the outcode and then retrieve the associated x y coordinates in metres from the db. Then i get two temp x''s and y''s and search for all results that are within the box, see code below. Problems start to occur when i search on big distances so for example 40 miles from "G1" VoObj...

I am trying to build up a filtered search using the logic below. bq = Ferret::Search::BooleanQuery.new bq.add_query(Ferret::Search::TermQuery.new(Ferret::Index::Term.new("section",section.downcase!)), Ferret::Search::BooleanClause::Occur::MUST) filter = Ferret::Search::QueryFilter.new(bq) @vobjects = VoObject.find_by_contents(search_input,:filter => filter, :sort

...eplies/help cheers caspar #####extract from model require ''ferret'' class VoObject < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_ferret :fields=> [''short_description'',''section'',''sale_category'',''sale_type'',''outcode''] def VoObject.refine_search(search_input) bq = BooleanQuery.new bq.add_query(TermQuery.new(Term.new("section", search_input), BooleanClause::Occur::Should)) filter = QueryFilter.new(bq) @vobjects = Item.find_by_contents(search_text,:filter => filter, :sort =...